Feeling in the bag today!

This morning was another early treatment session at the Dixon Center; 7:15 AM to be exact. For some reason I could barely get out of bed at 5:30 to get ready for the trip to Halifax. I am just wiped!

When I was chatting with the radiation technologist, she assured me this is a common side effect. Loss of energy is greatest at the end of the 6 week radiation treatment session. She said we are killing cells ... good and bad as the radiation doesn't now the difference. The theory behind radiation is that it kills all cells, but only normal cells have the ability to repair and heal itself. Cancer cell cannot repair their cell structures. Therefore, the theory is to "kill the whole tribe and only the strong can come back".

If the radiation nurse is correct, my side effects will become more pronounced until the end of the treatments sessions. The last one is on November 2. It will then take a month or more to bounce back. According to Dr. H, he indicated not to expect to be at full energy capacity for about a year! That was a shock to me. I thought it was 6 weeks of treatment and 6 weeks to recover from the internal healing. Good thing I am not the Doctor. This doesn't mean I can't go back to work, it just means I will have to pace myself.

Once again, I am very grateful to the company I work for and for the benefits I thought I would never need. I thought I was bullet proof in my twenties and thirties and I want money not benefits. Just goes to prove that I am not very smart!

Need a nap. See you later Mr. Blog.